This past Saturday,  millions of women, men, and families in communities around the world — from New York City to a village of 65 in Nova Scotia — mobilized to march for women’s rights and against bigotry.Â
For many in Canada – especially single mothers – a lack of affordable child care means a continuing cycle of poverty. With skyrocketing costs, especially in metro areas like Toronto and Vancouver, and a lack of available spaces, it makes…
It’s International Women’s Day! We want shed light on how poverty is sexist and how 2017 is the year for gender equality. So what’s on your feminist agenda? Get a copy of ours, and #BeBoldForChange!
Yes, We’ll Say it: Poverty is A Women’s Issue. We know that poverty is sexist. We know that when women succeed, communities succeed.
What Does World Social Justice Day Mean for Canada? February 20th is the UN’s World Day for Social Justice, and this year, we’re reminded that despite extraordinary global strides towards eliminating poverty, equitable distribution of income and access to greater…
(Ottawa: February 1, 2017) On the heels of a global mobilization for women’s rights, dozens of women’s, human rights and labour organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to develop and implement a National Gender Equality Plan.
Canada held to account for its disappointing women’s rights record by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women For Immediate Release Joint Statement by Canadian Civil Society Organizations
Did you know that next week, Canada is going to be under review for its compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)? CWP, along with other NGOs, will be in Geneva on the ground to take part…
CWP was pleased to see Prime Minister Trudeau’s comment that poverty is sexist in a recent letter to the ONE campaign.
How are Patricia Arquette’s acceptance speech at the Oscars, the motion to end child poverty and Dignity for All’s National Anti-Poverty Plan for Canada connected? They are all ways that we made it happen this year for women’s economic, social…
What does women’s leadership mean for economic prosperity in Canada? How does poverty affect women’s equality? In the next three weeks, from February 14th to Women’s Day on March 8th, people in Canada are considering questions like this about the…
With all the talk about “housing first”, has anyone considered the impact on homeless women? The answer is yes. Homes 4 Women, a campaign to prevent, reduce, and ultimately end the homelessness of women and girls in Canada, has produced…